U.S. bishops are hoping for further guidance from the Vatican before they formulate concrete plans to prepare for the final stage of the Synod on Synodality next fall. At the conclusion of the synod’s ...

Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 19, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) (OSV News) — Dioceses across the ...

Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, has been named to a small committee planning the Vatican’s October assembly for the Synod on Synodality. Bishop Flores, 61, is one of three bishops on the ...

NEW YORK – About seven months ahead of the first session of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, the Vatican has announced a small planning committee for the gathering that includes ...

An Indian diocese used its existing small Christian communities to train lay leaders to reach out to a wide variety of Catholics -- including broken families -- ensuring that everyone had a voice in ...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, had noted at last month’s synod that only 1% of Catholics participated in the listening sessions. Father Iván ...